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Top law firms and in-house teams called on to enter Middle East Legal Awards 2019

Prestigious awards to take place on 18 April at Ritz-Carlton in Dubai
2 minute read

Daily Business Review

Fla. Courts Encourage Enforcement of Proposals for Settlement—But Watch Out for Joint Proposals

In a case governed by Florida law, a proposal for settlement can be a useful tool to gain settlement leverage, particularly when there is no statutory or contractual fee-shifting provision.
5 minute read

The Recorder

Keker Team Wins Arbitration, Forcing Warriors to Pay for Oracle Arena Renovations

An arbitrator found that the Bay Area's NBA team, which is set to decamp from Oakland to new digs in San Francisco next season, must continue to pay debts incurred in the mid-90s to renovate its current home, Oracle Arena.
2 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

BAR REPORT - Capitol Report

Committee clears amended foreclosure mediation program bill
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Losing the Right to Arbitrate by Waiving the Right to Arbitrate

Bob had his client's orders: “Don't make life easy for the other side. Make them earn their right to arbitrate their claims.” This looked like an easy assignment because Bob thought he had valid grounds to be a stickler here.
6 minute read

International Edition

International Arbitration Attorney Leaves Vietnam, Joins Boies Schiller in California

K. Luan Tran, a former co-founder of LTL Attorneys who spent the past two years at Vietnam's YKVN, has joined Boies Schiller Flexner in Los Angeles and Silicon Valley.
6 minute read

Daily Business Review

Trial Lawyers Need to Align Their Goals With Their Clients' Goals

Due to systemic and historic factors, it is very hard for a litigator to be both a trial advocate and also a negotiator in a mediation setting. And, if serious reforms are not made soon, U.S. litigators are in danger of losing control of the settlement of their cases to a new breed of lawyer, the so-called “settlement counsel.”
6 minute read

Litigation Daily

Global Arbitration Lawyers Flock to Saudi Arabian Conference Amidst Boycott

As "Davos in the Desert" dries up due to the controversy surrounding Jamal Khashoggi, international arbitration lawyers from around the world were scheduled to rub elbows with Saudi leadership at another conference down the road.
4 minute read

Daily Report Online

Amid Boycott, Saudi Arabian Conference Draws in Global Arbitration Lawyers

As "Davos in the Desert" dries up due to the controversy surrounding Jamal Khashoggi, international arbitration lawyers from King & Spalding and other big firms were scheduled to rub elbows with Saudi leadership at another conference down the road.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

Eleventh Circuit Delineates Provisions That Overcome the Presumption That Courts Must Decide Class Arbitrability

Arbitration columnists Samuel Estreicher and Holly H. Weiss write: In light of 'Epic Systems', the question whether the court or arbitrator decides that an arbitration agreement authorizes a classwide proceeding when the agreement is silent on the issue has taken on enhanced significance. A recent decision in the Eleventh Circuit addresses this question.
5 minute read

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